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Tales of a pluviophile living in Hurricane Land
When I was a little girl, tropical storms and hurricanes were, inevitably, an annual occurrence and a topic of discussion in my community. You see, I was born in the Caribbean. Fair enough? Talks of potentially being hit by a hurricane excited me. And it may sound wrong, but children are so innocent about these things that we sometimes forget about it or don’t know the right way to make them aware of it. I know that as much as parents and educators try to teach kids about the dangers of natural disasters, some children are simply still incapable of fully understanding their impact. It’s not insensitivity in their part; it’s…